Front panniers

[Yellow Saddle]

That's good advice. But a step further than I had in mind.

Once you've fitted this baby and a Cane Creek Viscoset, you'll forget the cost and always remember that your fork has more fixing points than a molle backpack.

 

[Gwylan]

Once you've fitted this baby and a Cane Creek Viscoset, you'll forget the cost and always remember that your fork has more fixing points than a molle backpack.

Wow! A whole new range of goodies to consider.
Think that's a solution looking for a problem. I don't generally go that fast

 

[Profpointy]

Now the progress in caving gear, especially lighting, is a whole other thing.
Lugging carbide around. Having to find water.
Or those miners lamps that weighed a ton and had indifferent life.
My thing was photography - so a whole other load of kit to transport.
Those were the days.

Mmm, cave photography. I usually tried to avoid getting roped into cave photography trips, particularly in the old days before slave flashes when somebody would be lumbered with a bloomin' tripod to carry and then you'd freeze your bollocks off whilst the photographer faffed with all their kit. I've seen a couple of rebellions on photo trips, in particular on where I was the model chest deep in freezing water. "Another ten 30 seconds and that's yer lot !". I did do some half hearted attempts myself but nothing much. I remember seeking out an SLR which would fit in a small ammo can (on its back) with lens attached. The old Pentax MX was one of very few models that would do this but it was a lot better than lugging a great big .50 caliber ammo can which you needed for most cameras. The modern plastic drums are a lot less pain to carry.

As an aside a mate commented that he much preferred the old film photography for caving as you had a couple of weeks imagining they great shots you'd taken, before the disappointment when they got developed. With digital you'd see they were shoot straightaway so didn't even get the pleasure of anticipation.

Mind you, carrying someone's diving bottles is even less fun than a camera trip

 

[Mike Ayling]

What about bike packing thingies that strap to the forks instead of panniers and a rack?

 

[Gwylan]

What about bike packing thingies that strap to the forks instead of panniers and a rack?

Mmm? I was afraid they'd wander and risk fouling the wheel.

I'll think ont'

 

[scragend]

Mmm? I was afraid they'd wander and risk fouling the wheel.

I'll think ont'

I have these fork bags:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C6LK91GG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

The plastic fasteners that they come with are OK, but it depends a bit on the shape of the fork - they would probably work better with rounder rather than flatter forks.

I swapped them for jubilee clips and they hold much tighter. Put a bit of old inner tube or something between the jubilee clip and the fork to prevent damage to the paint.